Style Show Planned At Woman's Club Meet
Fayetteville Junior Woman's Club will sponsor a style show the first week in April. At a Monday dining room meeting, members held an apron auction to fund club projects. Guests included Mrs. Vivian Beck and Mrs. Alex Gray of the Garden Study Club. A devotional on What is Worship was given by Mrs. Ralph Fazio.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Vivian Beck
Alex Gray
Garden Study Club
Ralph Fazio
Cecil Spradlin
Bock
Gray
Dori Vaglio
Fayetteville High School
Charleston
Lia Vaglio
Evelyn Hilton
West Virginia
Stanley Moore
Billy Gene Henderson
Henry Lojek
Edna Janutolo
Annetle Bahr
Charles’ Witt
Virginia Radford
Frank Henson
W. T. Webb
Houston Wendell
Janie Phillips
Mary Thrift
Mount Hope Local Happenings Report Minor Health Updates
Mrs. Bill Hickman is improving at Beckley Memorial Hospital and not yet released. Residents visited include Bill Ward Jr and family in Pineville with his parents and Blanche Cooke. Others listed: Biddle Lively at Laird Memorial Montgomery. Happy Thompson at University of Virginia Hospital. Burns Butler and Edgar Akers from Mount Hope. Eans family from Dunbar. W. L. Kidwell at Oak Hill. Fred Harless Jr and Cecilia Ann moved to Staunton for work. Ricky Vickers ill at home. Harry McLain and Huffman family relocated to Columbus. Tommy Bolen ill at home. Mount Hope Laymen attended Fayette Association dinner at Page Baptist Church. attendees named.
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Mount Hope
Bill Hickman
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Bill Ward Jr
Pineville
W. C. Ward
Blanche Cooke
Biddle Lively
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Happy
Thompson
University of Virginia Hospital
Charlottesville
Burns Butler
Edgar Akers
Bill Eans
Dunbar
Okey Eans
Aubrey Blake
W. L. Kidwell
Oak Hill Hospital
Fred Harless Jr
Cecilia Ann
Staunton
The
Peoples Life Insurance Co
Ricky Vickers
Mike Vickers
Harry McLain
A. L. Huffman
Columbus
Ohio
Tommy Bolen
Mike Bolen
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Fayette Association
Page Baptist Church
Harry R. Dias
Harry Salmon
Layland Ayers
John Jenkins
Lawrence Angle
Buras Butler
Virgil Dillon
Robert Angove
J. L. Wilkins
Charlie Mann
Fayetteville Service Club elects officers in meeting
The Fayetteville Service Club elected officers at a Tuesday session in the American Legion Home on Maple Avenue with J. Riley Propps as president and Mrs. Juanita Smith as vice president secretary and treasurer named. Juanita Smith and J. W. Deacon Jones were elected as park board members.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Tourists Grow Spenders In West Virginia 1959 Rise
Tourists visiting West Virginia in 1959 spent 30 million dollars more than in 1958, marking a notable increase in spending. The higher outlay reflects broader travel demand and regional tourism impact during the year.
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West Virginia
Pineville Class Committees Appointed at Church Meeting
Pineville The Cook Memorial Baptist Church Young Adult Sunday School Class appointed committees for devotions and refreshments with Mrs Wesley Brown chairing nursery duties assigned to Mrs Bobbie Adams and Charles Riling Paige Hinzeman and Robbie Snyder. The group planned projects including nursery supervision and renovating a new Sunday school room.
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Pineville
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Wesley Brown
Bobbie Adams
Charles Riling
Paige Hinzeman
Robbie Snyder
Jack Phillips
Bill Thomas
Myrtle Rose
W. R. McCoy
George Stevens
Ross Withrow
Brenda Phillips
Debbie
David Withrow
Minister Speaks At PTA Meeting Oceana
Rev. Murray Page spoke on Character and Spiritual Education for the High School Youth at the Oceana High School PTA meeting in the school auditorium. Bill Workman led the business session while principal R. L. Cook announced prom invitations would be limited to juniors and seniors due to enrollment. Coke Shields homeroom earned the attendance award.
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Oceana
RNS
Murray Page
Oceana High School Parent Teacher Association
Glenn Keys
Kopperston
Page
Kopperston Presbyterian Church
Bill Workman
Association
R. L. Cook
Coke Shields Homeroom
George Darnell
Richard Atwell
Dick Cook
Dean Gray
Minnie B. Hawkins
Shallus Elk
Pineville Bank Directors Named
At the annual stockholders meeting in Pineville Castle Rock Bank announced directors: Robert Bailey E M Curry John S Lambert C S Smith W C Bailey Jr C S Worrell Dr E M Wilkinson Lewis Campbell H E Crews all of Pineville C W Murphy of Matoaka and C C Cassinelli of Mullens Officers elected were H E Crews president C S Worrell vice president C C Cassinelli vice president Lewis Campbell cashier Miss Dymple Ball assistant cashier and Gilmer Hines assistant cashier.
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Pineville
Castle Rock Bank
Robert Bailey
E. M. Curry
John S. Lambert
C. S. Smith
W. C. Bailey Jr
C. S. Worrell
Dr. E. M. Wilkinson
Lewis Campbell
H. E. Crews
C. W. Murphy
Matoaka
C. C. Cassinelli
Mullens
Study Book Review at Mount Hope Methodist Church
Mrs Edward Martin Mrs Miller Gwinn and Mrs Sanford Fox led a review of an Africa study book at Mount Hope Methodist Church Women’s Society meeting Monday Approximately 30 women from three circles attended the session at Mount Hope RNS
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Mount Hope
RNS
Edward Martin
Miller Gwinn
Sanford Fox
Africa
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Mount Hope’ Methodist Church
Lilly elected Hi Y president at Glen Rogers High School
Larry Lilly, senior son of Mr and Mrs Joe Lilly Ravencliff, was elected president of the Hi Y at Glen Rogers High for the coming year. He has led Hi Y for four years, heads Tri M and Modern Music Masters, plays E flat clarinet in the band and bass clarinet in the symphonic band, and was chosen top notcher in the first semester by Tri M members. His officers include vice president Bobby Taraczkozy secretary Butch Lilly and treasurer Buddy Perry.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
Larry Lilly
Glen Rogers High School
Joe Lilly
Ravencliff
Hi-Y
Tri-M
Bobby Taraczkozy
Butch Lilly
Buddy Perry
Jimmie Taraczkozy
Floyd Canterbury
Odell Powers
James
Tyree
Charles Pizzino
Robert, Stewart
Walter Easter
Victor Gabany
Jimmie McGlessen
George Richardson
Donniel
Rites for Rev. H. Mitchell Incomplete Funeral Plans Continue
Funeral arrangements for the Rev. Harvey J. Mitchell remain incomplete after his heart attack death at about 10 15 am Thursday at his Mullens home. A Parsons native and World War I veteran born June 24 1894 he served at Cassell Memorial and previously Avery and Riverside churches Morgantown. Survivors include Edna his wife three sons Eugene John and Paul two daughters Mrs Carlton Powell and Betty Lou Mitchell four sisters and three brothers. Burial is set for Fairmont. Body at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
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Parsons
Mitchell
Westminister Theological Seminary
Maryland
Avery
Riverside Methodist
Morgantown
John
Nancy Mitchell
Edna
Eugene
Portsmouth
Paul
Carlton Powell
Boulder
Col
Betty Lou Mitchell
Fairmont
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Mullens
Activities Set By Boy Scouts
J L Brawley District Boy Scouts issued a year of events. January offers a training course. February includes an overnight camping trip to Camp Roland on Feb 18 and a Blue and Gold Dinner for Cub Scouts. March hosts a parent night for all units. April features Scout-O-Rama on April 16 plus a Conservation Hike and Training Course. May schedules a track meet at Pineville ball field on May 28. June covers Spring Camp-O-Ree June 3 4 and 5 with cubs visiting others on the 4th. July brings Council Cub-O-Ree Camp-O-Ree and Summer camps with Jamboree July 17 to 29 and Explorer Day. August includes Father-Son Picnic and Concord Training Courses.
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Pineville
RNS
J. L. Brawley
Camp Roland
Pineville Ball Field
Concord
GOP Meeting Slated Today in Oak Hill City Hall
An open Fayette County Republican meeting is set for 7 30 p m today at Oak Hill City Hall. County GOP chairman C R Hill Jr says all Republicans interested in pursuing public office are invited. no Republican filings for nomination have been reported yet.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Fayette County
Oak Hill City Hall
C. R. Hill Jr
GOP
Barnett Files For State Senate Seat In 10th District
Charleston AP R E Barnett of Bluefield filed today in the May 10 Democratic primary for the State Senate from the 10th District. Other filings include Joseph P. Cashion of Oak Hill for the Democratic national convention as a delegate from the 3rd district and Thomas L. Sweeney of Fayetteville for the Democratic national convention in the 3rd district. Maxine W. Peters of Grafton sought election to the state Democratic executive committee from the 15th senatorial district.
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Charleston
R. E
Ray) Barnett
Bluefield
State Senate
Joseph P. Cashion
Oak Hill
Maxine W. Peters
Grafton
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Weekend Guests and Moves Reported in Fayetteville
Fayetteville area notices list weekend guests as Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Williams and Mr. and Mrs. John T. Dickerson staying with Mr. and Mrs. David Wise of Ravenswood. Norma Ashford, formerly of Green Bank, moved into an apartment with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Akers on Walker Street. Merle Andrighetti and children Mary Theresa Bobby Johnny and Martha Ann of Beckley were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kuhn Jr. L. S. Tully and Miss Genevieve Laren visited relatives in Beckley Sunday.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Jesse Williams
John T. Dickerson
David Wise
Ravenswood
Norma Ashford
Green Bank
Robert Akers
Walker Street
Merle Andrighetti
Mary Theresa
Bobby
Johnny
Martha Ann
Beckley
Mike Kuhn Jr
L. S. Tully
Genevieve Laren
Methodist Men Name Officers Oceana Church Fellowship
The newly organized Methodist Men's Fellowship of the Oceana Methodist Church elected Herman Hopkins as president, Ralph Poland as vice president, James Hall as secretary treasurer, and Drewey Mitchell as program chairman. The group will meet at 2 p.m. on the fourth Sunday each month.
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Oceana
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Methodist Men's Fellowship
Oceana Methodist Church
Herman Hopkins
Ralph Poland
James Hall
Drewey Mitchell
Local notices from Kopperstone area residents
Lr and Mrs D K Johnson, Glen Hansen in Germany, arrived for a 30 day leave to visit extended family in Kopperston and Huntington. Mr and Mrs John Walker visited his daughters Mollie Payne in Fayetteville and Nadine Dotson in Oak Hill. Sam Scholers of Eckman visited Mr and Mrs Charles Lay.
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Kopperston
D. K. Johnson
Glen Hansen
Germany
Riley Campbell
Elbie Johnson
Huntington
John Walker
Mollie Payne
Fayetteville
Nadine Dotson
Oak Hill
Charles Lay
Sam Scholers
Eckman
Ira Hill
Terrell Gillenwater
Charleston Memorial Hospital
L. W. Booth
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
R. V. Garrett
O. J. Flints
Rainelle
Charles Frazier
Beckley Memorial Hospital
James Lamb
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Woodrow Lamb
R. C. Conely
Roderfield
Ralph Hickman
Princeton
James Parsons
Cleveland
Raufford Blankenship
Jennifer
Visit in Kopperston as Hannahs dine with Moores
Mr and Mrs Ralph Hannah and children Ralph Edsel and Diane were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Jack Moore and family in Kopperston.
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Kopperston Matheny
Ralph Hannah
Ralph Edsel
Diane
Jack Moore
Kopperston
Mullens Youth Fractures Arm After Ice Slip
Thurman Grose, 13, of Mullens, is treated at Wyoming General Hospital after slipping on an icy sidewalk and fracturing his forearm in a fall on Thursday.
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Mullens
Guest Speakers Fail To Attend Demo Meeting
KOPPERSTON RNS Harold Pauley speaker of the House of Delegates and Hulett C. Smith state Democratic chairman and governor candidate did not attend the Future Young Democrat Club meeting in Kopperston Grade School cafeteria. Rev Norman K Morgan and Bill Bailey spoke to about 50 attendees. officers of the new group named Bowden, Crouch and Jerry Smith.
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Kopperston
RNS
Harry Pauley
House of Delegates
Hulett C. Smith
Democratic
Future
Young Democrat Club
Norman K. Morgan
Pineville Presbyterian Church
Bill Bailey
Bailey
Democratic Party
United States
Morgan
Smith
Wyoming County
David Bowden
Lannie Crouch
Jerry Smith
Oceana
Roy Aliff
Justice of the Peace
Ouida Shields
Buck Lowe
Dorothy Coal River Notes Include Visitors and Recoveries
Mr and Mrs Mack Cline visited Harry Ferrell in St Albans Sunday. Ferrell formerly managed Kroger Whitesville and now Kroger South Charleston. Harold Henry discharged from Charleston Memorial Hospital after four weeks. he and Opal visited Vernon and Mrs Barker in Dunbar. Mrs Clifford Massey recuperating at home after Kanawha Valley Hospital surgery. Chicago visitors Mr and Mrs Harry Kirk, former Dorothy residents, visited Mack Cline and Eugene Massey with Junior Massey.
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Dorothy
Mack Cline
Harry Ferrell
St. Albans
Ferrell
Coal River
Kroger Co
Whitesville
Kroger
South Charleston
Harold Henry
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Opal
Dunbar
Vernon Barker
Clifford Massey
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Harry Kirk
Chicago
Ill
Kirks
Eugene Massey
West Virginia
Junior Massey
Illinois
Sitting Duck Flees Cuba for Miami After Criticism
Jorge Zayas, editor of Avance in Havana, fled to Miami with Ecuadorean diplomatic aid after refusing to print footnotes on articles critical of Fidel Castro. He says press freedom no longer exists in revolutionary Cuba and that Castro’s policies please Iron Curtain countries.
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Miami
Fla
Jorge Zayas
Cuba
Avance
Fidel Castro
Zayas
Havana
Caribbean
Inter- American Press Assn
Castro
Newspapers Sold Daily Outpace Presidential Vote Totals
In 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower won the most votes for a U S president at 35 585 316. The daily newspaper market reaches about 58 million copies read each day.
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U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hamrick Dies After Heart Attack and Wreck in Gauley Bridge
Clifford Roscoe Hamrick aged 48 of Clay died on US Route 60 after suffering a heart attack while driving home from the Alloy plant of Eastern Carbide Metal Co. The car left the road in snow, jumped a ditch, and sustained about 25 dollars in damage. Police found the ignition on and the radio playing. no physical injuries were detected. Hamrick, an Alloy employee for 18 years, had reported shoulder and side pains the night before. The body lies at Clay Funeral Home with arrangements pending.
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Gauley Bridge
Montgomery
Clifford Roscoe Hamrick
Clay
Hamrick
Eastern Carbide Metal Co
R. M. Birckhead
Mary Hamrick
Jerry
Mike
James
Dolly West
Opal Hickman
Evelyn Flint
Orlando
Cecil
Evelyn Loving
Swandale
Serena Nicholas
Philo
Ohio
Mack Hamrick
Kenneth
Oscar Hamrick
Clay Funeral Home
Fayette County Girl Scouts Plan Cookie Orders Next Week
Fayette County Girl Scout Troops will begin taking cookie orders next week at 50 cents per box with four flavors. Neighborhood chairmen across Oak Hill, Gauley Bridge, Fayetteville, Charlton Heights, and Montgomery coordinates led by Mrs. Herndon will collect orders Jan 31 to Feb 6 and Feb 9, with cookies delivered by March 7. Proceeds fund Camp Abbot improvements.
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Fayette Girl Scouts
Fayette County
Robert B. Herndon
Gauley Bridge
Bill Anderson
Mount Hope
Howard E. Janney
Oak Hill
James Hess
J. C. Clay
Fayetteville
Robert Herndon
Kanawha Falls
Donald Robinson
Charlton Heights
Falls View
R. A. Updike
Montgomery
Cannelton
Heindken
Girl Scouts
Herndon
Girl Scout
Camp Abbot
Fayett County
Beckwith
Motto Selected By Service Club Fayetteville
The Fayetteville Order of Eastern Star held a Monday meeting at Mrs. Leslie Decker s home with co host Mrs. G W Brooks A devotional from The Upper Room was given by Mrs Decker and Mrs Romeo Bennett led a program on The Gra cious Heart Cards were signed for shut ins and ill members Present were Mrs Roy Cottle Mrs C Tamplin Mrs J Adam Ritz Mrs Bennett Mrs Chester Hager Mrs Charles A Kidd Mrs Co L Huff Mrs Ernest Amick Mrs A B Wilson Mrs E B Wood Mrs Ermel Wilson Mrs Jesse Williams Mrs L D Lucas Mrs John L Holliday Miss Gladys Bary Mrs Tommy Platt Mrs Brooks and Mrs Decker
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Fayetteville
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Fayetteville Order of Eastern Star Service Club
Leslie Decker
G. W. Brooks
Decker
Romeo Bennett
Roy Cottle
C. Tamplin
J. Adam Ritz
Bennett
Chester Hager
Charles A. Kidd
Co. L. Huff
Ernest Amick
A. B. Wilson
E. B. Wood
Ermel Wilson
Jesse Williams
L. D. Lucas
John L. Holliday
Gladys Bary
Tommy Platt
Brooks
Weekend Visitors Share News Across Multiple Homes
Sun day guests arrive from Pax and Crab Orchard to visit Blue Jay and Washington DC tied families. South Charleston hosts Norman Collier’s family while Mount Hope and Leckie link with Wright and Thompson clans. Airman Burt Bowyer and Jack Nelson join Os car Bowyer in Goldsboro, North Carolina for a family weekend.
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PAX
Amos Janney
Jackie Coleman
Tom Saunders
Blue Jay
Ray Thompson
Jackie Thompson
Jenny
Laura
Tommy Thompson
Washington, D. C
South Charleston
Ernest Billups
Norman Collier
E. Cole
Bruce Wright
Jack Mitchem
Donna Kay
Princeton
Margaret Richeson
Leckie
Bernice Elliott
Susan
Mount Hope
Janet Thompson
Debra
St. Albans
Wilfred Wright
Brenda
Danny
Tom Spears
Tommy
Diane
Denise
Lessie
Harry Wright
Johnny
Kathy
Ray Humphrey
Walker Shumate
Debbie
Bobby Jean
Ethyl Shumate
Chee Chee
Tommy Kincaid
Youngstown
Flavi
Off Broadway Living Theatre Blurs Line Between Act and Audience
The Living Theatre presents Pirandello Tonight We Improvise and The Connection where performers invite audience participation during intermission. Shouted heckles such as liar and egomaniac interrupt scenes as actors roam the lobby. In The Connection producers note 14 audience members fainted during a heroin scene.
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New York
Living Theatre
Pirandello
Jack Gelber
Glen Rogers Community Church welcomes Rev. Glenn Robinson
The Rev. Glenn Robinson assumes duties at the Glen Rogers Community Church delivering the Sunday sermon after three weeks ill health. He had been confined at home while Dr. W. W. Wells and W. S. Winzenrith filled the pulpit.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
Glenn Robinson
W. W. Wells
W. S. Winzenrith
Mullens
Hubert Durham
J. E. Durham
David
Herbert Morris
Beckley
Baylor Tarackzozy
Frederick Kyle
Huntington
Nicky
Marshall College
Lawrence Simpson
Glen Bernie
Jimmie Gunter
Everett Guthrie
Etta Daniels
Saxon
Thomas Bunting Jr
Cheryl
Washington, D. C
Thomas Bunting
Julia Simpson
Harold McClure
Gary Beckley
Garnet Webb
Harvey York
Tommy Thomas
Sonny, Fairdale
Johnny Gentry
Arvil Gentry
Millard Matney
Grundy
Cal Tolliver
Dewey Shumate
Bob
Bill Alderman
Kenner Brown
Brown
Joe Lundy
Kopperston
Basil Brown
Hatcher
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woman’s Club
Catherine Paris
Louise Toler
John L. Settle Jr
Tunney Hunsaker
Doyle Kirk
Televuden
New River
Channel 4
T.V
Service Club
Owl's Club
Summerlee Rd
Eddy Seacrist
Rollin
Frank Sinatra
Gina Lollobrigida
Grant
Tony Gurtis
Eastman
Joan O'Brien
Dima Merrill
Gene Evans
Sagen
Arthur O'Connell
PTA
Pineville Bank
American Sons of Italy
Music By the
Bust Tailn
L. Lilly
More
Curtis Tackett
Jerry Wolf
Danny Worley
Billy Philyaw
David Shumate
Raymond Foster
Rev. H. Mitchell
Cassell Memorial Methodist Church
Boy
Barnett
Thomas L. Sweeney
Vincent Price
Beverly Garland
Bruce Bennett
Grose
Sitting Duck
Scores Castro
Tony Curtis
Martha Hyer
Charles Bickford
Kathryn Grant
William Reynolds
Russ Morgan
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